Genesis 2:5:7Gen.2.5.W7TAB
וְכָל־עֵ֥שֶׂב
vekholesev
“and every plant”
- Transliteration
- ve-khol-E-sev
- Extended
- veh-khohl-EH-sehv
- IPA
- /və.xɔl.ˈʕeː.sɛv/
Meaning by language
- English
- and every plant
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-khol-E-sev
- phraseyour reading level
ve-khol-E-sev ha-sa-DEH
- clause
ve-KHOL SI-akh ha-sa-DEH TE-rem yih-YEH va-A-rets ve-khol-E-sev ha-sa-DEH TE-rem yits-MAKH
- sentence
ve-KHOL SI-akh ha-sa-DEH TE-rem yih-YEH va-A-rets ve-khol-E-sev ha-sa-DEH TE-rem yits-MAKH KI LO him-TIR Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HIM al-ha-A-rets ve-a-DAM A-yin la-a-VOD et-ha-a-da-MAH
Exegesis
A parallel clause follows, vechol-esev hasadeh terem yitsmach {וְכָל־עֵשֶׂב הַשָּׂדֶה טֶרֶם יִצְמָח | wə-ḵol-ʿē-śeḇ haś-śā-ḏeh ṭe-rem yiṣ-maḥ}, with the same adverb–imperfect pairing, now with the verb yitsmach {יִצְמָח | yiṣ-maḥ} ‘sprout, grow’, creating a balanced structure that stresses the total absence of field vegetation.
In context — Genesis 2:5
And every shrub of the field was not yet on the earth, and every plant of the field had not yet sprouted, for the LORD God had not caused it to rain upon the earth, and there was no man to cultivate the ground .
About this coordinate
Genesis 2:5:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Genesis 2:5, so the Hebrew word וְכָל־עֵ֥שֶׂב (vekholesev) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Gen.2.5.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.2.5.W7.S1) and character.